Asia Targeted financial solutions to address India’s agricultural crisis November 18, 2019 0 Image Credit: India-Onion Irrigation, IWMI Flickr Photos/Flickr; Licence: CC BY NC ND 2.0 Written by Sourajit Aiyer. India is in a quandary. Two years of…
China Urban poverty and China’s globalism: what’s the relationship? April 23, 2018 1 Written by Dorothy J. Solinger. China’s Party chief and President, Xi Jinping, has boastfully publicized his regime’s firm intention to eliminate poverty by the year…
China Resistance through Accommodation: the migrant worker NGOs’ strategy of transforming citizenship in China July 5, 2017 0 Written by Gosia Jakimów. With the sentencing of some prominent labour NGO activists in September 2016 to suspended prison terms, the precarious position of these…
China The Future of UK-China Relations post-Brexit – China as a Hope Project March 2, 2017 0 Written by Andreas Bieler. With Brexit on the horizon, the UK is currently in search for alternative trade agreements, not only with European countries, but…
China What happens when migrant workers suffer injury? October 19, 2016 0 Written by Li Sun. In 2010, China became the world’s second largest economy. As the “world’s factory,” China can be regarded as a nation with a…
China What do Labour NGOs in China do? October 17, 2016 1 Written by Tim Pringle. On 27 September 2016, disturbing television footage of three labour activists was beamed across China. Zeng Feiyang, Zhu Xiaomei and Tang Huanxing…
China Tibetan Women adapt to Qinghai modernity July 25, 2016 0 Written by Hamsa Rajan. The northeastern area of Qinghai province is home to many ‘Tibetan autonomous’ counties and prefectures, with unique ritual practices, local languages…
China Self-employment Activity and Ascension to Urban Citizenship for Rural-to-Urban Migrant Workers in China October 12, 2015 1 Written by Guangjie Ning. By 2013, the total number of rural migrant workers reached 160 million (National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS), 2014). However,…
India What has India Learned from China’s Labour Reforms? October 28, 2014 0 Written by Pravakar Sahoo. China’s relatively flexible and business-friendly labour laws have ensured continued investment in the manufacturing sector. By contrast, investors find labour laws…
Labour Emergence of the Chinese working class October 10, 2014 0 Written by Wang Ting. In the 30 years since the economic reforms begun by Deng Xiaoping, the Chinese state has abandoned most aspects of the socialist…
